Patent GB-687052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to variable speed transmissions
IPC: F16H3/08
Filed: 1951-06-22
Abstract: 687,052. Change-speed gear. FORD MOTOR CO., Ltd. June 22, 1951 [June 27, 1950], No. 14865/51. Class 80 (ii). A, tractor transmission providing six forward and two reverse speeds controlled by a single hand lever 126 which slides and turns in a tworange shift-pattern, Fig. 15, comprises a countershaft 22 freely carrying three wheels 43, 46, 50, the first two clutchable together by a dog 72 and to the shaft by a dog 74 which also clutches the third, these three wheels meshing respectively a wheel 32 integral with a hollow input shaft 21 and a stepped gear pair 38, 39 freely mounted on, and clutchable by a dog 71 to, the input shaft, whereby the countershaft or its wheels can be driven at three forward speeds. The countershaft 22 carries an additional fast wheel 52, which, together with the remaining wheels provides for driving a final parallel output shaft 23 at two forward speeds, making six in all, by alternate wheel pairs 46, 58 and 52, 62, the wheel 62 being fast on, and 58 clutchable by a dog 77 to the shaft 23. Two reverse ratios are provided through the countershaft wheel 50 meshing an idler 67 clutchable by a dog 79 to a pinion 66 meshing the fast output wheel 62. Low-range ratios.-In low-range a common fork 73, Figs. 4 and 6, slides the two clutchdogs 71, 72 together forwards to couple the countershaft wheels 43, 46, thus driving back to the wheel-pair 38, 39 on the input shaft at lowest speed. First, second and fourth forward speeds and low reverse are provided in this range through the following wheel paths. First (154 to 1) :-32, 43, 46, 38, 39, 50, 52, 62; second (64 to 1) 32, 43, 46, 52, 62; fourth (38 to 1) 32, 43, 46, 58; low reverse (154 to 1) 32, 43, 46, 38, 39, 50, 67, 66, 62. High-range ratios.-In high-range the common fork 73 slides the two clutch dogs 71, 72 rearwards to clutch the input shaft 21 to the stepped wheel-pair 38, 39 from which the drive issues in all ratios in this range, viz. third, fifth and sixth forward and high reverse, the wheel paths being as follows: -Third (49 to 1) 39, 50, 52, 62; fifth (21 to 1) 38 48, 52, 62; sixth (12 to 1) 38, 46, 58; high reverse 39, 50, 67, 66, 62. Selector control.-The speed combinations are selected by the common fork 73 for the coupled range-change dogs 71, 72, secured to a shift-rail 97, Fig. 6; by a common fork 78, for the coupled dogs 77, 79 secured to a shift-rail 81; and by a single fork 76, for the dog 74, secured to shiftrail 96. Selection is by a single vertical shiftrod 121 fixed to the hand shift-lever 126, by which the rod is moved bodily axially so that arms 141, 142 thereon selectively engage notches in actuating lugs 109, 117, 94 fast to the respective shift-rails 96, 97, 81, and by which the shift-rod 121 is then turned to slide the selected shift-rail to gear positions. Non-rotatable interlock plates 152, 153 slide axially with the shiftrod 121 on fixed vertical guide-rods 156, 157 and have pairs of spaced lugs, e.g., 162, on each side of the corresponding shift-arm 141, 142, and selectively engaging notches, e.g., 143, 144, Fig. 8, in the shift-rail lugs 109 &c., for locking those shift-rails which are not to be moved. In the neutral central position vertically, Fig. 6, the upper shift-rod arm 141 engages a single notch in the lug 117 of the double shift-fork 73, whereby turning movement of the shift-rod 121 moves the fork 73 between high and low range neutral positions NH and NL, Fig. 15, whilst the other shift-rails 81, 96 are locked. From this position vertical movement of the shift-rod 121 in either direction causes one or other of its arms 141, 142 to engage one or other of two notches, e.g., 143 or 144, Fig. 8, on one or other of the lugs 109 or 94 of the shift-rails 96, 81, that notch 143 or 144 engaged being dependent on the low- or high-range setting of the shiftrod 121. In Fig. 8, the shift-rod 121 has been moved upwards from neutral low NL, Fig. 15, and subsequent turning movement operates the shift-rail 96 to establish first and second speeds in low range. Other movements are as indicated by the shift-pattern plate 132, Figs. 4, 15, which is arranged in view of the operator and is swept by an indicating pointer 136 fast to the shift-lever 126. Spring ball detents hold the shift-rails and rod 121 in gear and neutral positions. Engine-starter interlock.-To prevent operation of the engine starter button 181, Fig. 6, except in neutral, an axially fixed segment 169 turns with the shift-rod 121 and has two holes 177 which permit downward passage of a pin on the button 181 in the two neutral positions only. Power take-off.-A power take-off shaft 26 extends rearwards through the hollow input shaft 21.